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A comment on Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (2003) [pdf].

Re:Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (2... by signa11 on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:33PM (#11312901)
honestly, i tried reading through the initial chapters, and found them too be waay too much for me. any pointers to gentler introduction to the subject matter ? thank you !
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Re:Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (2... by alan-crowe on Friday March 18, 2016 @03:56PM (#11314459)
Elements of Information Theory by Cover and Thomas

I had the same response as you did, and thought to myself "I never got round to reading Cover and Thomas, but this pdf is two or three times the speed, I really need to read Cover and Thomas first."

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Re:Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (2... by agumonkey on Friday March 18, 2016 @04:17PM (#11314593)
Only 24 hours in a day, and so much to learn about.
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Re:Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (2... by signa11 on Saturday March 19, 2016 @02:46AM (#11317607)
> Only 24 hours in a day, and so much to learn about.

why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous ?

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